Eilat Eilat is a city in the South District of Israel. The city was founded in 1951. Read more about the city Municipality: Beit ha-Tamar Tel. 08-6367101 The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"): Midian 12 Tel. *6050, 12226050 Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"): Retamim 3 Tel. 08-6369777 The Ministry of Interior ("Misrad ha-Pnim"): ha-Kanyon ha-Adom, Sderot ha-Tamarim Tel. 08-6381333 Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing: Tel. 08-6263660 Israel Ministry of Tourism: Beit ha-Gesher 8 Tel. 08-6309111 Yoseftal Medical Center Tel. 08-6358011, 08-6358015, 08-6358025 Eilat The distance (in straight line): to Jerusalem -  248 km to Tel Aviv -  280 km to Haifa -  362 km to Beer Sheva -  189 km Travel to Israel with a camera: Negev and Arabah Eilat Mountains Red Canyon Timna Valley Eilat aquarium Dolphin Reef in Eilat